The Memphis Grizzlies have been rather open with their intent to select Ja Morant at No. 2, but they have been sending mixed signals of late.

The Grizzlies have requested a private workout with RJ Barrett, but he has declined the invitation so far. Barrett could revisit the possibility over the next three weeks.

Barrett will work out for the New York Knicks, who select No. 3 overall, on June 10.

The New York Knicks will host RJ Barrett for a workout on June 10th as he looks like the likely selection at No. 3.

Barrett would be excited about joining the Knicks, according to sources.

The Knicks, however, are doing due diligence on other prospects in the top 10 as they could move back. The Knicks view the concept of trading down as a way of acquiring pieces that would fit better around a star they might sign in free agency such as Kevin Durant or Kyrie Irving.

The Knicks are considering trading the No. 3 pick to the Atlanta Hawks for Nos. 8 and 10. The Hawks would essentially be on the opposite side of a deal they did last year in which they traded down from No. 3 with the Dallas Mavericks to pick up an additional selection. A deal is unlikely to occur until the draft is underway to know which players are available.

The Knicks have been looking at Cam Reddish, Jarrett Culver, Coby White and Nassir Little.

David Griffin met for breakfast with Anthony Davis on Wednesday to discuss the future of the New Orleans Pelicans.

Griffin laid out his vision for the franchise to Davis. Griffin and Davis will continue a dialogue in the near future.

Davis can become a free agent next offseason and has requested a trade from the Pelicans. Davis is eligible to sign a five-year, $239 million supermax contract extension.

Griffin has yet to engage any teams on trade talks. The Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers, Boston Celtics and New York Knicks are prepared to discuss a Davis trade with the Pelicans.

Kyrie Irving has been linked with the Boston Celtics and New York Knicks throughout the season, but there has been more speculation of late that he will also consider the Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lakers.

Irving has reportedly been recruited by Kobe Bryant to the Lakers. Bryant's former agent, Rob Pelinka, currently runs the Lakers.

"It's between Brooklyn and the Lakers," said Ric Bucher. "I was told in the last 24 hours Kobe has been recruiting Kyrie in particular, to get him to the Lakers. Everything I've heard I would still expect Kyrie is going to go to Brooklyn... He just bought a place in South Orange."

"It's between Brooklyn and the Lakers... I was told in the last 24 hours Kobe has been recruiting Kyrie in particular, to get him to the Lakers. Everything I've heard I would still expect Kyrie is going to go to Brooklyn... He just bought a place in South Orange." — @RicBucher pic.twitter.com/HICrTPushl

— Herd w/Colin Cowherd (@TheHerd) May 28, 2019

Kevin Durant talked to the media for the first time since his injury in Game 5 of the Western Conference Semifinals. Durant was asked a question about the Warriors phrased as "their play" and he corrected the reporter by saying "our."

Durant was then asked if there's a split in the perception of the Warriors between the players who predated him.

"It's been that way since I got here," said Durant. "It's the Warriors and KD. I understand that. I feel like my teammates and the organization know exactly what I've done here on and off the court to become part of this culture. Stamp my flag in this culture and organization. I've done the last two years being pretty much everything they've asked me to do from a player to an ambassador of the organization to the community. I know what I bring to the team. I also know a lot of people on the outside don't like to see us together. I get it."

Durant has been linked with leaving the Warriors for several months.

Steve Mills said that Kristaps Porizingis threatened to go back to Europe to finish his rehab if he weren't traded by the New York Knicks by the trade deadline.

Mills recounted the story at a Knicks fan forum on Wednesday.

“When he walked into our office, my office, and Scott [Perry, Knicks GM] was sitting there with me, and point blank said to us, ‘I don’t want to be here, I’m not going to re-sign with the Knicks, and I’ll give you seven days to try and trade me or I’m going back to Europe,'" said Mills.

Mills and Scott Perry added that they started receiving trade offers for Porzingis last September.

During a panel discussion at the Wall Street Journal Future of Everything Festival, Rich Kleiman was asked whether Kevin Durant has made a free agent decision yet.

Durant is widely expected to sign with either the New York Knicks, Los Angeles Clippers or re-sign with the Golden State Warriors.

"That is 100 percent undecided and I'm waiting on Kevin," said Kleiman. "That's the truth. I think there's this feeling that this thing is like war games and everybody is kind of playing chess years out. When someone gets to the level of basketball that he's at, you can't juggle and focus like that. There's so many things he's juggling too. He's not scripting his future while he's playing the way he plays, or practices the way he practices.

"I think it's frustrating at times, honestly, at times. I get it, I do get it. I get that even as a kid the kind of soap opera of it all was just beginning and I liked it. Now, in some ways it's like more soap opera at times than basketball. 

"He really doesn't know and I really don't know."

Kevin Durant has long been most strongly linked with the New York Knicks should he leave the Golden State Warriors, but "very smart and plugged-in people" that have spoken with Marc Stein indicate that "the Los Angeles Clippers have emerged as an equally dangerous threat."

Stein has also previously "heard trusted insiders state with conviction that Durant is already planning to join the Knicks … and then that he is likely to consider the Nets as well … and now that he is eyeing the Clippers just as intently as New York."

Durant took several meetings when he was a free agent in 2016. It is not yet clear if he will follow suit again this offseason.

Frank Ntilikina has dropped CAA as his agency and plans to sign with Bouna Ndiaye.

Ntilikina would like a trade from the New York Knicks this offseason. The Knicks rejected trade offers for Ntilikina at the trade deadline and decided to change agents following their acquisition of yet another point guard in Dennis Smith Jr.

Ntilikina has a $6.2 million contract option for the 20-21 season that will need to be picked up by Oct. 31.

The Phoenix Suns and Orlando Magic were among the teams that expressed interest in trading for Ntilikina.

Ja Morant met with the New Orleans Pelicans, Memphis Grizzlies and New York Knicks at the NBA Draft Combine in Chicago.

The Pelicans, Grizzlies and Knicks own the top-3 picks in that order.

Morant is widely expected to be selected by the Grizzlies at No. 2.